Tag: Generation

The pandemic also has its hidden victims — over 500 million children forced out of school globally and India accounted for more than half of them. The country is all set to usher in a ‘pandemic generation’, with 375 million children (from newborns to 14-year-olds) likely to suffer long-lasting ...

Two months into the pandemic, Wali Shah put a call-out on Twitter offering teachers a free poetry workshop for their students, and within a week the spoken-word star and former poet laureate of Mississauga had booked an entire month of sessions. Working with kids from grades seven to 12, ...

The recent three terrorist attacks in France point to a new generation of extremists perpetrated by religiously inspired individuals, operating individually and using generally simple weapons, requiring little skill.As France’s polarized debate that pits religious freedom against secularism continues, the European country’s problem with extremism has come back into ...

In 1990 Robert Fisk published Pity The Nation: Lebanon At War, one of the most detailed descriptions of the 1975–1990 conflict in that country. Critics claim his journalistic reputation was tarnished by his later reporting from Syria.Politicians and journalists have been paying tribute on Twitter to Robert Fisk, the ...

The explosion occurred a few hours earlier. A suicide car bomber double-parked on a shopping street. When the convoy passed carrying Vice President Amrullah Saleh, known for his anti-Taliban militancy, the driver pulled up alongside Mr. Saleh’s armored car. Ten people were killed and 15 wounded. The vice president ...

Hands up who wants to be an entrepreneur Edwin Andrade on Unsplash There is an untapped opportunity to promote economic growth and reduce unemployment by expanding access to entrepreneurship education to secondary school students across the world – in particular within developing countries.   According to Educating Future Founders, our ...